CVE-2026-54673
electron-updater allows for automatic updates for Electron apps. Prior to 9.7.0, the HTTP redirect handler (HttpExecutor.prepareRedirectUrlOptions) only stripped a credential header whose key string matched exactly lowercase "authorization", exposing credentials. Other credential-bearing headers — most notably PRIVATE-TOKEN (used by GitLab's personal access token flow) and mixed-case Authorization (used by GitLab's Bearer/OAuth flow) — were not stripped and could be forwarded to an attacker-controlled cross-origin redirect destination. This issue has been fixed in version 9.7.0.
Published:Jun 30, 2026
Last Modified:Aug 26, 2026
EPS:Jun 30, 2026
EPSS Score:0.00235
CVSS Score:6.5
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Electron
Product
Builder-util-runtime
Electron
Builder-util-runtime
Vendor
Electron
Product
Electron-builder
Electron
Electron-builder
Vendor
Electron-userland
Product
Builder-util-runtime
Electron-userland
Builder-util-runtime
Vendor
Electron-userland
Product
Electron-builder
Electron-userland
Electron-builder
Exploits
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
